Hi everyone. I removed the tender plug from the tender that came with the battery operated #7 Santa Fe locomotive's tender and installed it in the tender for my Anniversary #25 Virginia & Truckee locomotive. This allowed me to install the searchlight from my # 14 Anniversary Edition locomotive onto the #25's tender and I now have a full Virginia & Truckee Anniversary Edition locomotive and tender! I also installed a 5mm, 12 volt LED in the searchlight housing. This has been wired to only operate when the locomotive is going in reverse, which is how I believe they come new from the factory. The original lens on the searchlight fell out and was lost. I replaced it with a clear , round glass rock ( like those on the bottoms of flower vases ) . This fits the housing perfectly with the exception of being flat on one side and rounded on the other. I placed it round-side out in the searchlight housing and it looks pretty cool. I made a short video showing it in operation and posted it on youtube. You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/YtdsTdrUkyo
I hope that you'll enjoy the video! Hit me up with any comments or suggestions and let me know what you think of my handiwork.
Later,
Andrew
Good job.
Bill
Thank you Bill!